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Staff Sgt. Christopher Nealis of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, yells for a soldier before heading out on patrol from their combat outpost in Kuhat, in Afghanistan's Kandahar province.

Staff Sgt. Christopher Nealis of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, yells for a soldier before heading out on patrol from their combat outpost in Kuhat, in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)